Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Job Description

Job Title:

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
Pay rate: $53.63 – $70.93/hr.

Location:

Palo Alto, CA
Zip Code: 94304
Duration: 6 Months

Start Date:

Right Away
Keywords: #Mechanical Design Engineer Jobs ; #Palo Altojobs;

This role will design mechanical test systems for vehicle electronics. You’ll work on developing mechanical solutions for design characterization, validation, and manufacturing.

• Design modular and reusable mechanical fixtures for testing vehicle electronics.
• This will start with manual bench-top setups and will evolve to fully automated systems for volume production.
• Work with cross-functional engineering groups to define mechanical test requirements for electronics and drive design decisions that help with the testability of ECUs.
• Design custom mechanical interfaces to connect to ECUs.
• This can range from pogo-pin connections to bed-of-nails style probing.
• Design rack-based test systems that reduce complexity and improve build time when replicating at scale.
• Create well documented diagrams, bills of materials, and standard operating procedures for test automation systems.
• Develop and release drawings, BOM and specifications.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external vendors during purchasing, station build, integration and final commissioning.
• Provide technical oversight to vendors for manufacturing of mechanical components and systems.
• Work with technicians to communicate requirements and ensure proper implementation.

• BS/MS or equivalent work experience in Mechanical Engineering or related fields.
• 5 years of relevant working experience designing modular mechanical hardware for test automation systems that range from R&D to high-volume manufacturing.
• Expert at using 3D CAD design software like Autodesk Inventor, Solid Works, AutoCAD, ProE, etc.
• Ability to read electrical circuits and schematics, navigating PCB layouts and understand manufacturer’s product data sheets.
• Experience working in the automotive, semiconductor, or aerospace industries.
• Experience with electronics testing/probing/harnessing technologies like mass interconnect solutions (VPC), specialty probes (Ingun), etc.
• Experience supporting deployment automated test equipment in manufacturing environments.
• Hands‑on hardware integration experience with automated test equipment.

• Familiarity with vehicle communication protocols (CAN, CANFD, DoIP, Automotive Ethernet, LIN, etc.).
• Experience with automation instrumentation such as programmable power supplies, multiplexers, DMMs, signal analyzers, signal generators, multifunction devices (digital and analog).

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